Re: [IRCA] 1710 kHz Pirate Vancouver, WA

["Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>]

If these AM signals go more then about 1 or 2 miles, they are most likely
not legal.

Paul

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:39 PM, <vroomski@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> Gary,
>
> You might be right with the Russian community in Washington working
> together to set up a radio stations.  The same frequency and good equipment
> to broadcast with.  Seattle area Russian station having far more coverage.
>
> Dennis,
> Salmon Creek, WA
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: D1028Gary@xxxxxxx
> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 9:02:40 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1710 kHz Pirate Vancouver, WA
>
> Hi Dennis,
>
> Great detective work! The Russian communities in western Washington seem
> fairly well connected, so maybe the Vancouver 1710 kHz Russians got the
> pirate  idea from the Puget Sound community? I wonder if the programming is
>  the
> same, or similar.
>
> 73, Gary (in Puyallup, WA)
>
>
> In a message dated 2/26/2010 8:45:08 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> vroomski@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>
>
> My wife and I found the area that the Pirate station on 1710  kHz is
> broadcasting from.  The broadcasts are in Russian, with  classical and
> opera
> being played.  The station has a nice signal for  3/4 of a mile, then
> the signal starts to fade. On the way back home we were  able to hear the
> weak fading signal 4 1/2 miles West of the  location.  The area in Eastern
> Vancouver, WA is in a very expensive  neighborhood with some areas being
> gated. Using the volume control on the  Escape radio we kept lowering the
> level
> and soon were able to get within  probably 1/8 mile of the transmitter.
> No antennas were seen, only a  few satellite dishes. Many huge pine trees
> in the area.  It reminded  me of when some of us at the IRCA Flagstaff
> convention tracked down the  station with the long wire antenna. We used
> the
> volume control as a sort  of RF control. For instance, the volume was
> lowered
> and the closer we got  to the transmitter site,the louder the audio got.
> The
> volume control was  set to six and the signal vanished within 1/8 of a mile
> from
> the  transmitter area.  Much like the Seattle area Russian station heard
> this
> past summer, but not as strong in the signal  department.
>
> Dennis,
> Salmon Creek,  WA
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